Agitator.



No. 850,069. PATENTED APR. 9, 1907.

B SQLIS. AGITCATUR APPLIGATION FILED 00'1". 30, 1906.

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BENITO soLrsfor GAUDALUPE DE LOS REYES, MExIoo.

AGITATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 9,1907.

Application filed October 30, 1908. Serial lie 341,354.

. (06.4 whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENITO SoLIs, a citizen of'the Republic of Mexico, and a resident of Guadalupe de los lieyesy Sinaloa, Mexico,

' have invented a new and In'iproved Agitator, of which the follow ng is a lull, clear, and ex-' act description.

My invention has for its object to provide meanst'or thoroughly stirring, agitating, and xygenating the liquid contents of a receptacle and is adapted to he used with processes of various kinds and under ditt'ercnt conditions, but especially for ixtracting minerals by the cvanid process and adapted to be used for agitating and stirring with air under pres-.

sure aurti-argentiferous minerals which have been reduced to a fine powder and placed in a tank containing sodium or otassiu1n c v anid solution, so as to dissolve their values, renovate the ctn1tact-surl'aces, and oxygen ate the solution in order to increase. its solvlug-power. This I accomplish by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which drawings like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the views, and in which-- Figure l is a side elevation of a device embodying my invention, Fig. 2 is a'plan view of the same, partly in section, on the line '2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. I; is a vertical section, enlarged, ot a swivel tubular connection shown in Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a Vertical section ol a. swivel end connection, also shown in Fig. l and Fig. 5 is a side elevation, partly in section, of a discharge-limit].

As illustrated in the drawings, lll device ismounted upon a supporting-t'rame comprising parallel vertical guide-bars l, secured at their lower ends to transverse beams 2, having brace-beams 3 connected therewith and with the guide-bars l. A sliding beam t is arranged between the guide-bars l and is preferably provided with a l'iltb 5, secured to the back of the beam -1 and adapted to engage. a pinion (5, which is mounted upon a shaft 7, jonrnaled in an suitable manner upon the bars 1 and provided with a handwheel 8, adapted to operate said pinion and raise and lower the sliding beam 4. A supply pipe t] is provided witha llexihl'e connection It) and an intermediate valve ll, ('lllllmunicnting with a pipe 12, tixedly secured to the beam *1 by means of a strap 11-; or otherwise. A stulling-hox H is connected with the fixed pipe 12, provided with a packinggland 15, the endoi'saidpipe projecting beyond the lower end ofthe stufling-box 14, so as to extend into a pipe 16, having a threaded connection with the stufling-box '14, as shown in Fig. 3, so as to enable the stuffingbox 14 and the pipe 16 to rotate around the fixed pipe 12 while establishingtubular conmunication between the pipes 12 and 16. A flanged collar 17 is fixedly secured to the pipe 16, preferably by means of a set-screw 18, so as to rotate with the pipe 16 and stutting-box 14, connected therewith. A ballbearing 19 is arranged between the flange 1 7 of the collar 17 and a bearing-plate 20, which is fixedly attached to a stationary gear 21by means of bolts 22, connecting said parts with a bracket 23, adapted to be secured in any suitable manner to the sliding beam 4. The pipe 16 extends through the gear 2l'and is provided with a T-coupling 24, which has a threaded engagement with branching pipes 25, connected at their outer ends to swiveleouplings, each preferably consisting of a head 26, having a threaded engagement with the pipes 25 and provided on its upper end with a plug 27 and on its lower -end with a stutling-box 28, having a threaded engagement with the head '26, and a packingllauge 25), connected to said stu'tling b0x. Pipes 30 are rotatably mounted in the stuffing-boxes 28 and areprovided on, their upper ends with a head 31 and a ball-bearing 32, arranged between said head and the stutliug-boxes 2h. The lower end of the pipes 230 is connected, by means of a coupling-33, with tubular heads 34 and 35, each provided wit h a discharge-head 36, as shown in l igs. l and :3. provided with a nozzle 37, adapted to discharge a jet ol' air which ispa'ssed through the inlet-pipe into the tlexible connection It) and through the fixed pipe 12 and rotating pipe 16, the branching pipes 25 and lit) the tubular heads 34 and 35, the discharge-heads so, and the nozzles 37, connected therewith. By means of such construction the pipe 16 and the branching pipes 25 and mechanism connected therewith are rotutably nioiinted upon the lwaring-plate Lltl, 'which is fixedly attached to the stationary gear 21. The teeth ol' the lixed gear .21 engage pinions iis, which aresceured to shafts 39, mounted upon the branching pipes 25 and journalerl in hearing-boxes 40, secured to said pipes. The

lower ends of said shafts 39 are. provided with sprocketswheels 41, wh ch are connected, by means ofan endless chain 42, with sprocket- The discharge-heads 36 are ILO fened form. I to such construction,however, {LS othcr moans wheels 4-3, socurod to the pipes 30 The tuhulin hend's iflonu and (hschnrgomozzlcs '37, together with the lower ends of the pipes 30, are arranged within a vat or receptacle 144, of any suitabledescription, in which are pressed ail is then forocd through the supplyi pipe 9 and out or the "ElClHflgtfllUZZlOS 37 into the body oi said nnmure. As the jets of sir strike the solution they rot ate the tubular heads 3% and and the pipes 30, connected therewith, in the rotary joints 26, secured to the ends of the branching pipes The sprocket-wheels 43, secured to the pipes 30, i

are rotated thercwitl'i and by means of the: endless chains 42 rotate the sprocket-wheels N, the shafts 39, upon which they are mount ed, and the pinions mounted upon said shafts, thereby causing said pinions to rotate around tho toothed periphery otthe' stationor gear 21 and cause the branching pipes '25 and the vertical pipe l6, connected thoro- With, to rotate on the sliding boa o'l. tho main frame.

moons of such construction. ,zind operation the discharge heads and nozzles are carried bodily through the mixture in a circular path, and While so doing too pipes 30 and the discharge-heads connected therewith rota-to on their own axis in the rotary connections 26, socuied to the pipes thereby thoroughly and evenly distribn I, in g1 the compressed air throughout the solution, cllnctuolly stirring, agitating, and oxygcnnting said solu tion increasing its solving power to the grmitest extent, and ei'iobling said solution to thor- .oughly dissolve the values of tho minerals contained therein.

The construction herein shown :nid described embodies my invention in its pre- 1 do not desire, to boliinitod having similar capabilities may be used without departing trorn my IDVLI'IUOI].

Having thus described my invcntion, what 'I claim as new and desire to secure b Let ters Potent, is

1. The combination with a supply-pipe, of n tubular support rototnbly connected with said sup ly-pipe by means of a rotary joint, and a ischzirgwhend mounted upon said tubular support and. connected tlicrvwitli by means of a rotary joint.

2. Thecombination with a main lramv, oi a supply-pipe, a rotatable hood comprising 2L Vertical pipc having branching arms providmll l l osopao 1 with discharge-orifices extending in opposite joints, :1 lixed gear,

dircctions, a. rotatable tuluilorsupport1nounted on saidniain frame, a pinion mounted upon said support, a gun)? mounted upon the main frame, pulleys conncciod with said pinion and with the rotatable ho Al, and belt connections extending between said. pulleys, substantially as shosin and descrilwd.

3. The combination ith :1 supportingflillfit, of :1. supply-pipe, oppositoly-ilisposcd rotatable bonds having; discl arge-orifices, :1 tubular connection botwcen said hoods and supplppipc, a control rotating hood conncct ed with said supply-pipe, and nun-us for rotating the control bond on its axis, and the onto .hvnds bodily in 'lft'lllill lines, substcntiall y as shown and described.

'1. The COllllill'lllllUH with a supportingf'mi'no, of :1 suppl wpipv, op iiisitol wlisposml rotalnblrhcods having ilisclungc-orilino a tubular connection botu'wul iid hoods and supply-pipu, and moons l'igi' rotnting snid hoods siniultnni-ousl 'on thoiraxis and bodily in (fll'C lor lines, substantially as shown and described.

Th0 combination with :1 supportingiruzne, of 21 supply-pipo, l'otolzlblo hoods boving disrhnrgi orilici-s. a tubular ronnvrlion between said hoods and supply-pipix and means for rotziling said lie-lids siniullnnrously on thou ttXtS and bodily in circular lines, substnnimlly as shown and ilvscribod.

(i. 'lhc roin-biiuition with. :i supportingironic, of it supply-pipe, a tubular support conncctod with said supply-pipe b moons iii i joint, and providod with :1 stullin gbox rotatnblo on said pipo, hoods rotntzibl'v mounted on said support l) moons ol' swivvlpinions mounted on said tubular support ongoging sziid ncnr, and mechanism contra-(ling said piuions and hoods.

7. The combination of n tubular support :ulnplcd to rotntc on an axis, and o hood pro vided With dischairgc-orificos inountod to ro into on the iron and of tho said support, and conncoting mm-hunism adapted to cnnble tho rotation of said head on its to rotntosoid support on its axis, substantially as shown and describedrln trstiniony wlwrool' i have signod my name to this s 'woilicntion in the proscncc of H two su scribing .VliIlQSSQS.

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